. The book of choice ferns for the garden, conservatory. and stove : describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. 266 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. leafits. The sori (spore masses) consist of only a few capsules, scattered irregularly on the veins underneath.—Hooker^ Species Filicum, v., p. 128. G. (Selliguea) palmata—Sel-li^-gue-a ; pal-ma'-ta (palmate), Baker. A stove species, as curious as it is distinct, native of San Cristobal and th
. The book of choice ferns for the garden, conservatory. and stove : describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. 266 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. leafits. The sori (spore masses) consist of only a few capsules, scattered irregularly on the veins underneath.—Hooker^ Species Filicum, v., p. 128. G. (Selliguea) palmata—Sel-li^-gue-a ; pal-ma'-ta (palmate), Baker. A stove species, as curious as it is distinct, native of San Cristobal and the Solomon Islands. Its singular fronds, borne on naked, ebeneous (blackish), poHshed stalks 6in. to 9in. long, are from Gin. to 9in. each way, and cut down nearly to the base into five divisions, the central one being 4in. to Gin. long, lin. to IJin. broad, oblong-spear-shaped, and shghtly undulated ; the other di^dsions, although of similar shape, are shorter and often unequal-sided. The texture is thin and papery, and both the surfaces are nearly naked. The fine, irregular sori (spore masses) are abundantly disposed on the cross-veinlets, which unite the main veins on the under- surface.—Hooker, Syno'psis Filicum, p. Fi^. 68. Pinna of Gymnogramme Pearcei (iiat. size). G. Parsonsii — Par-son'-si-i (Parsons's). A form of G. calomelanos chrysophylla. G. (Eugymnogramme) Pearcei — Eu-gym-nog-ram'-me ; Pear'-ce-i (Pearce's), Moore. This is an exceedingly elegant, stove species, native of Peru, whence it was introduced in 18G4 ; but, unfortunately, it has become very scarce in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Schneider, George. London : L. U. Gill
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